PLANTS FOR BUTTERFLIES, moths, bees, hummingbirds and other
POLLINATORS WILL BE THE FOCUS OF OUR SPRING FESTIVAL.Milkweed PLANTS
AND SEEDS CAN BE PRE-ordered up until March 22nd. Payment online using
PayPal or via snail-mail/check. More information, online and printed
order forms can be found on our website:
http://pinellas.fnpschapters.org/index.phpid=milkweed-preorder
[http://pinellas.fnpschapters.org/index.php?id=milkweed-preorder]
Speaker schedule:
9:30 a.m. – Bruce Turley: Advantages of Growing Butterfly &
POLLINATOR PLANTS IN CONTAINERS
A pioneer in promoting using native plants in urban landscapes, Bruce
is the owner of Wilcox Nursery and Landscaping. He is president of the
Florida Association of Native Nurseries, a trade association dedicated
to educating about and promulgation native plants.
10:30 a.m. – Chris Parisi: Homeowner’s Guide to Growing Milkweed
from Seed
A challenging PLANT TO GROW FROM SEED, Chris will use his years of
experience and passion for promulgating native milkweed to help the
home grower understand what to expect and how to avoid the numerous
pitfalls that plague PLANT PRODUCTION. He will also explain how to
keep milkweed PLANTS GOING. 11:30 a.m. – Katy Roberts: Flutter &
Buzz: What Bees & Other POLLINATORS MEAN TO BIODIVERSITY & How to
Support Them.
Katy is a founding member of the Pinellas Chapter and a longtime
advocate of “going” native to create biodiversity in the urban
landscape. She will use her decades of experience to help you
understand the importance of pollinators and tell you which plants are
best to attract and support them.
12:30 p.m. – Pam Traas: Butterfly Gardening with Florida’s Native
PLANTS
Pam’s book Gardening for Florida’s Butterflies has provided
information and encouragement to many of us in our endeavors to make
our landscapes havens for winged wonders. Learn how you can attract
more butterflies, and more species of butterflies, to your garden and
keep them there.
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